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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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